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Reviews for Back to Close WE

Back to Close WE by Jas

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  • by Jakob K. B., 7 years ago
    Thank you so much for this.
    It actually even starts working at some point before the site has completely finished loading.
    I wish it was a built-in feature of Firefox.
  • by Alex M, 7 years ago
    I was so happy when I found this after updating to newest Firefox. Needs a little work but very happy to have it! Thanks you!
  • by rectec, 7 years ago
    This addon is very useful, can't live without it. Works quick and without a hitch. I know it's been said before but thanks again for developing a webextension version of back to close, I've been back to closing for years.
  • by blazemonkey, 7 years ago
    Such a simple little feature greatly enhances the way I browse with tabs. It works with ALL back controls such as the mouse buttons, backspace key, and etc. The only minor annoyance is that it is creating a "new tab" that seems to pop in as its closing which is only visually distracting.
  • by Rik Blok, 7 years ago
    Very good replacement for the old Back to Close addon! Well done! My only gripe is that it pops up a notification when it updates.
  • by Nick P, 7 years ago
    Great extension, nearly replaces Back to Close from versions prior.

    One small bug—In newly opened tabs, the URL will appear in the title bar rather than the actual title.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thanks a lot for the nice review :D
    When exactly does this happen? I seem to be unable to reproduce, but maybe I'm opening tabs different or something. Could you maybe file an issue on the github or send a mail/tweet with your reply, thanks in advance :)
  • by Firefox user 12126517, 7 years ago
  • by AleksOD, 7 years ago
    It's a beautiful thing! However, is there a way for the extension to NOT access data for all websites? Shouldn't it only need browser history in order to function?
  • by Firefox user 13471769, 7 years ago
    Works perfectly. Thanks!
  • by Firefox user 13455714, 7 years ago
    Glad to see a WE having this feature. But some situations do not allow the back button to work properly. If I load a series of tabs from a folder in the Bookmarks Bar using the 'Open All in Tabs' feature, the WE does not work to close these tabs. I am hoping to see this fixed in the near future as its a great add-on for FF. Thanks again.

    Add on now does this properly - thanks. One more thing if I open a site with no parents and hit the Back button the tab should close. That would be great! Love this app...
  • by Firefox user 10936178, 7 years ago
    This is a very useful add-on. I don't know why this functionality isn't built into Firefox for Desktop automatically (it is effectively on mobile).


    Doesn't work on new tabs opened from the bookmark bar.
    Edit: Firefox just updated, and now it's working fine.

    The regular back button is illuminated. I prefer the way Back IS Close (not compatible with recent Firefox versions) replaces the back button with a close icon instead. I have no idea if such a features is still possible to implement.
    Edit: It's unfortunate that this is impossible in web extensions. I'm not sure what the best substitute would be. Likely I will get used to it.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Glad you like the addon :)
    How are you opening tabs from the the bookmark bar? If I right click on a link on it (or in a folder on it) and then select "Open in a New Tab", it correctly opens a new tab with the proper back button functionality. Are you doing something different? If so I'd love to hear so I can make it work with that too (contact info in addon description).

    Unfortunately it's not possible for a web extension to replace the icon of the back button. The only alternative would be to provide a button with the desired functionality. I would be happy to implement this if you'd like - however it has 2 pretty major downsides:
    1) Would only work with the compact layout as web extensions can't make big fancy buttons like the native back button
    2) It seems to be impossible to remove the browsers default back button without using advanced (and requiring manual work by the user) to remove the browsers native back button - so you'd end up having multiple back buttons :/